After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

After the young man from Beast Taming Valley meaningfully explained three points of attention, the entire place fell silent, and no one dared to make a move.

Seeing this, the youth from Beast Taming Valley resumed his usual playful demeanor:

"Well then, those who want to go in now, go in quickly. Of course, if you want to recover your spiritual energy outside before going in, that's fine too."

"However, I must remind you that the spiritual energy inside the Nine Star Secret Realm is completely different from that outside and cannot be absorbed by cultivators. It's best to be fully prepared before entering. During the opening of the secret realm, this entrance will remain open, so you can enter whenever you want."

Upon hearing his last sentence, the elder of the Divine Sword Sect couldn't help but cast a somewhat disapproving glance, but ultimately remained silent.

Chen Liyun remained calm as always, meditating and recovering on the side, without paying any attention to the situation from beginning to end.

The disciples from the three sects looked at each other, seemingly hesitant, none of them wanting to be the first to step into the secret realm.

This stalemate lasted for several breaths, until finally a disdainful sneer came from the crowd:

"A bunch of cowards."

Before the words were even finished, a Foundation Establishment disciple from the Divine Sword Sect stepped out arrogantly, casually uttered those words, and was the first to enter the secret realm.

Seemingly inspired by his actions, many people followed suit, but most chose to remain on the sidelines.

None of them knew before they arrived that there was a new rule that they could enter the secret realm at any time during its opening period.

Upon hearing this news, everyone's minds became active.

Some people planned to take advantage of the situation by waiting until half of the secret realm's time was up before entering. They intended to exploit the fact that spiritual energy could not be restored within the secret realm, hoping to reap the benefits while the first group of people who entered were exhausted.

Some people decided to seize the opportunity first, to find the chance within the secret realm before others, and to teleport out immediately after obtaining it, without lingering.

Many others are caught in a dilemma, wanting to be the former but also worried that everyone else is the latter.

Therefore, deciding when to enter the secret realm quietly became the first step in the covert competition among the disciples of the three sects.

On the Qiongshan Sect's side, seeing more and more people from the other two sects entering the secret realm, a Foundation Establishment disciple finally couldn't hold back and stepped towards the entrance of the secret realm.

Behind him, several Qi Refining disciples who had clearly come with him followed closely behind, and together they stepped into the secret realm.

With the Foundation Establishment disciples taking the lead, more people decided to stop hesitating and entered the secret realm one after another, but some people remained calm and observed from the sidelines.

After carefully observing the gate to the secret realm for a moment, Huo Yu slowly stood up and walked towards the secret realm.

Seeing this, Long Yucheng, who had been lost in thought beside him, quickly followed, and the two of them disappeared into the water curtain at the same time.

Passing through the barrier that resembled a body of water, the scene before Huo Yu's eyes changed instantly. One moment it was a valley shrouded in mist, and the next it became a ruin amidst thunder and rain.

He found himself in the midst of a massive architectural ruin, with white, broken walls standing tall and huge foundation pits scattered beneath his feet. Weeds and vines spread everywhere, yet there seemed to be no other living beings present.

Huo Yu looked up and gazed deeply at the thunderclouds overhead, then opened the jade slip issued by the sect and probed it with his divine sense.

A map was visible with a dozen or so white dots flashing across it, and the number was constantly increasing.

This is a map prepared by the Qiongshan Sect for each disciple entering the secret realm. Although it is called a map, most of the area is shrouded in clouds and mist, indicating the unknown. Only a small part is clearly depicted.

The flashing white dots represent Qi Refining disciples of the Qiongshan Sect. When divine sense covers a specific white dot, the name of that disciple will be displayed.

However, disciples in the Foundation Establishment stage will not be displayed on this map.

Based on the map, Huo Yu quickly located Long Yucheng's position. Unfortunately, the two were located at almost opposite ends of the map.

After a moment's hesitation, Huo Yu decided to head to Long Yucheng's location first.

He wasn't particularly interested in the things in this Foundation Establishment Secret Realm; protecting his chess pieces was the top priority at the moment.

Just as Huo Yu was rushing to Long Yucheng's location, Long Yucheng also encountered a huge problem beyond his control.

In fact, there wasn't much trouble within this secret realm that was within his capabilities.

Long Yucheng was somehow incredibly lucky; he was teleported directly into a restricted area by the entrance to the secret realm.

Even more coincidentally, when he was teleported in, there were two Beast Taming Valley cultivators outside who were working together to bombard the barrier here.

One moment Long Yucheng was in the valley, and the next he was staring at the two cultivators.

When the two cultivators saw someone appear out of thin air in the ruins they had first discovered, they were initially startled. Then, upon closer inspection, they realized that Long Yucheng's clothing belonged to the Qiongshan Sect and that he was only at the first level of Qi Refining. Their speed in attacking the restriction immediately doubled.

Seeing this situation, Long Yucheng understood perfectly well that once the two Beast Taming Valley cultivators broke through the restriction, he would definitely not escape death.

Without thinking twice, he ran wildly into the ruins.

He had just completed the main quest of entering the secret realm and obtained a light-footwork escape technique that consumed very little spiritual power and was closer to that of ordinary people.

He simply ran wildly while trying out the footwork described in the escape technique, instantly increasing his speed considerably.

The two Beast Taming Valley cultivators, blocked outside the barrier, watched helplessly as Long Yucheng vanished from sight. The barrier showed no sign of being breached.

Just when they were at their wits' end, a streak of light rapidly approached them.

The two Beast Taming Valley cultivators were initially startled, but then sensed something and were overjoyed.

In no time, the streak of light arrived before the two. The newcomer was none other than a Foundation Establishment disciple from Beast Taming Valley.

The two Qi Refining disciples called out "Senior Brother" in unison, and then briefly explained the current situation.

After listening, the Foundation Establishment cultivator carefully examined the restrictions placed there.

He then took out a bright red beetle from his beast-taming bag. With his divine sense, the beetle flew unsteadily onto the barrier, its wings flapping rapidly.

The strength of the restriction was weakened considerably in an instant!

The two Qi Refining disciples from Beast Taming Valley were overjoyed at the sight, and then they heard the Foundation Establishment senior brother shout:

"Hurry up and use your spiritual power to break through the barrier!"

The two quickly channeled their spiritual power, bombarding the weakened barrier repeatedly. Half an incense stick later, the barrier shattered, revealing a narrow passage behind it.

Unable to contain his excitement, the Foundation Establishment cultivator ignored the beetle that exploded and died after the restriction shattered, and used his escape technique to rush into the ruins.

Two Qi Refining cultivators followed closely behind and rushed in as well.